They could not imagine that the Germans, whom they had defeated only twenty years previously, could defeat them in a mere six weeks, as happened when France fell in June 1940.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

They eventually use a very 60's way to defeat them.

They progressed to the next round, where they were beaten 4 – 1 by Germany, their heaviest defeat in a World Cup.

They were also used to defeat the Bavarian Soviet Republic in May 1919.

They aim to defeat each other without making contact with their opponent's body.

They did not expect defeat.

They first invaded Poland, and finally Hungary, culminating in the crushing defeat of the Hungarians in the Battle of Mohi.

They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga ( Gallaecia ).

They were beaten back by the Australian Army, and the Battle of Milne Bay is remembered as the first outright defeat on Japanese land forces during World War II.

They explain that persuasion means to win others over, not to defeat them.

They returned to England following the defeat of the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton and participated in the coronation of Richard's eldest brother as King Edward IV in 1461.

They went on to defeat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS three games to two, with Russ Ortiz winning Games 1 and 5 in Atlanta.

They were ultimately able to defeat Christian's forces in the Swedish War of Liberation.

They were used in 1345 to defeat an attempt by Edward III to appoint a candidate of his own as scholar.

They are attacked by the Isolationist, a villain with a plan to kill all mutants, but defeat him with the unintended help of Pietro Maximoff.

They kill Gerontius, Constantine's rebellious general ( magister militum ) in Spain, then besiege Arles and defeat Constantine.

They defeat the Vandals twice ; on land near Agrigento and in a sea battle off Corsica.

They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga ( Gallaecia ); this shatters the power of the Suebi.

They defeat the Burgundians under king Godomar near Autun ( modern France ).

They defeat the Byzantines, Mundus is killed during the fightings at Salona, and the Byzantine army withdraws.

They perform a burial ritual to symbolise the end of winter and spike doughnuts on weapons to symbolise the defeat of Ottomans.

They renewed the siege while Edmund went to Wessex to raise further troops, returning to again relieve London, defeat the Danes at Otford, and pursue Cnut into Kent.

They had weapons made of iron, which allowed them to easily defeat the local tribes, who were still armed with bronze weapons.

They were dirty, their clothes were torn, and the girl was so exhausted that she fell when she was still twenty feet from the front door.

They had pistols in their hands.

They poured through the opening in the valley, then spread out in a long line to come at us, brandishing their lances and filling the morning with their spine-chilling scalp cry.

They lay a little too stiffly, with their eyes straining to stay closed.

They, and the two large fans which I could dimly see as daylight filtered through their vents, down at the far end of the hall, could be turned on by a master switch situated inside the office.

They squatted on their heels in the deep mud and Dill found a cigar in his breast pocket, passing it over silently.

They had spent a million dollars, carving in a road, putting up buildings, drilling their haulage tunnel.

They blame us for all their troubles.

They were sitting on their heels, rider-fashion, over by the still empty calf wagon.

They returned to the street, mounted their horses, rode through the rain to the big house on Houston Street.

They brought to it all the odors that clung to men like themselves, that of their own sweat, of campfire smoke, of horses and cattle.

`` They were supposed to meet Thor at nine PM for a conference concerning the ad campaign for their soap, a new angle based on this SX-21 stuff ''.

They discussed the way people never tell each other the things on their minds.

They had never seen a tultul but they had heard about it from their fathers ''.

They despise males who brag of their strength ; ;

They bought rustled cattle from the outlaw, kept him supplied with guns and ammunition, harbored his men in their houses.

They know little about their machinery beyond mechanical details.

They squatted on their heels with their heads bent far forward, their eyes only a few inches from the ground.

They roll at night in ashes to keep warm and their second skin has a light dusty cast to it.

They recognized that slavery was a moral issue and not merely an economic interest, and that to recognize it explicitly in their Constitution would be in explosive contradiction to the concept of sovereignty they had set forth in the Declaration of 1776 that `` all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

They feel they are leagued against a hostile, persecutory world, faced with the concerted malevolent opposition of squares and their hirelings, the police.